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06-11-2009, 08:22 AM
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Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
"United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player," read a statement from the Old Trafford club.
It added the decision came at the 24-year-old Ronaldo's request after he "again expressed his desire to leave".
United said the offer was unconditional and want the matter to be concluded by 30 June, while Madrid hope to agree personal terms "in the next few days".
"Real Madrid confirm they have made an offer to Manchester United for the acquisition of the rights of the player Cristiano Ronaldo," said the Spanish club in a statement.
But the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Madrid stated that Real had yet to confirm the agreed price of £80m stated by United.
A spokesman for United's owners, the Glazer family, has told the BBC that the decision to sell Ronaldo was taken solely by manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The spokesman said: "It was purely a football decision and had nothing to do with the financial structure of the club."
It is understood that the transfer fee would be made available for Ferguson to invest in the transfer market.
United have been linked with the likes of Lyon forward Karim Benzema, Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery and Wigan's Antonio Valencia.
Madrid signed Brazilian Kaka for a reported £56m earlier in the week, surpassing the previous world record fee in pounds sterling of £45.6m, which Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
Madrid hope for quick Ronaldo deal.
That deal was sealed by the ambition of returning Real president Florentino Perez, who previously led the Spanish club from 2000 to 2006 - during the famous galacticos era.
And Perez had previously made it clear he would do "everything possible" to sign Ronaldo.
Source @ news.bbc.co.uk/sport1
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Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
"United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player," read a statement from the Old Trafford club.
It added the decision came at the 24-year-old Ronaldo's request after he "again expressed his desire to leave".
United said the offer was unconditional and want the matter to be concluded by 30 June, while Madrid hope to agree personal terms "in the next few days".
"Real Madrid confirm they have made an offer to Manchester United for the acquisition of the rights of the player Cristiano Ronaldo," said the Spanish club in a statement.
But the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Madrid stated that Real had yet to confirm the agreed price of £80m stated by United.
A spokesman for United's owners, the Glazer family, has told the BBC that the decision to sell Ronaldo was taken solely by manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The spokesman said: "It was purely a football decision and had nothing to do with the financial structure of the club."
It is understood that the transfer fee would be made available for Ferguson to invest in the transfer market.
United have been linked with the likes of Lyon forward Karim Benzema, Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery and Wigan's Antonio Valencia.
Madrid signed Brazilian Kaka for a reported £56m earlier in the week, surpassing the previous world record fee in pounds sterling of £45.6m, which Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
Madrid hope for quick Ronaldo deal.
That deal was sealed by the ambition of returning Real president Florentino Perez, who previously led the Spanish club from 2000 to 2006 - during the famous galacticos era.
And Perez had previously made it clear he would do "everything possible" to sign Ronaldo.
Source @ news.bbc.co.uk/sport1
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